Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri will not blame goal-shy strikers Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eidur Gudjohnsen if his side fail in their last-match bid to qualify for the Champions League.

Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri will not blame goal-shy strikers Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eidur Gudjohnsen if his side fail in their last-match bid to qualify for the Champions League.

Dutch international Hasselbaink, a regular 20-plus goals-a-season marksman, has contributed just 11 in the Premiership this time while Iceland star Gudjohnsen is one behind him on 10 going into tomorrow's fourth-place decider at home to Liverpool.

Hasselbaink has stated publicly that it will be the fault of himself and his strike partner, who have been overshadowed by the 15 goals from 36-year-old veteran Gianfranco Zola, if Chelsea miss out.

But Ranieri said: "I am not agreeing with Jimmy. Last year they were the best partnership in the league but the goals have been shared around more and the team scoring a lot of goals depends on them playing very well for the team."

Ranieri, looking forward to an afternoon of high-drama, has no problems with the pressure of a game which will, in his own words, determine if Chelsea's season is a good one or a great one.

"Yes, I like this pressure. I'm an old man and I have pressure because I put pressure on myself, but I'm very calm," he claimed.

Liverpool have won only twice in 24 years at Chelsea, but with the odds stacked against them, manager Gerard Houllier boomed: "We can do it."